Below are gateway activities for SRSD in the classroom. Please refer to the SRSD page for the validated research on why this method is such an effective tool for students with LD.
Daily Affirmations with Voice Thread The SRSD model integrates Cognitive Behavioral Modification (See link for research on the rationale for CBM) to help change the perceptions of how students view themselves as writers. With a little help from Stuart Smalley (I might be dating myself here...), use Voice Thread to record your student's thinking about how they view themselves as writers.
Have your students create an initial Voice Thread where they answer the following question "What can I do as a writer?" or "What is hard about writing?". Feel free to insert your own question, but make sure it targets how the student views themselves as a writer. This is important in the SRSD model, in that we want to change the students perception about themselves as writers. As Graham and Harris (2005) conclude, students who develop positive attitudes about themselves as writers, will believe that they have the skills necessary to become effective writers.
Add either weekly, bi-weekly or monthly "affirmations" about writing to the Voice Thread. Have students keep revisiting the question asked on the initial Voice Thread.
Have students, other teachers, and parents, comment on the Voice Thread. Keep those positive comments rolling!!!
At the end of each term or school year, give students the opportunity to see how SRSD has changed their thinking about themselves as writers.
View my Voice Thread below to see an example of how I envision this activity.
(INSERT VOICE THREAD HERE)
SRSD Mnemonics
Pick an Idea, Organize my notes, Write and say more!
Sense, Connect to ideas, Add, Notice Errors
Pay attention to the prompt, List main ideas, Add details, Number important points.
Work from your plan, Remember your goals, Include transitions, Try different types of sentences, Exciting words!
Topic Sentence, Reasons (3 or more), Ending, Examine
Create your own info graphic!
As discussed in Harris, Graham, and Mason (2011), there are several mnemonics that can be used develop planning and organizational skills. The above five mnemonics are just a sampling of different types of strategies available. Through developing these mnemonics, students will internalize self-regulation strategies to enhance their confidence as writers. A student can say "I know how to use POW when I start writing" or "When I revise I have to use SCAN". I particularly like the POW mnemonic! I think it is the foundational strategy that helps students establish the importance of writing.
Task: Have your students create their own visual representation of the POW, POW+TREE, PLAN, SCAN and WRITE mnemonics.
Have your students explore the following websites below. Let them pick one to create a visual representation of whichever mnemonic they are working on developing further.
Prepare to POWer Up! Just a fun way of introducing SRSD to your students.
(Special thanks to Dr. Karen R. Harris for suggesting this idea based on the work of a collaborative teacher how used Power Rangers theme in her classroom.)
The following link will take you directly to the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University. The link includes an series of informative videos of how to integrate SRSD into your classroom instruction. Special thanks to Dr. Karen R. Harris for providing me with the link and information for this site as well as the following other websites below!
The following link will send you to the Project Write website at Vanderbilt University. The Project Write website has scripted lessons for either one-on-one, small group, or whole group instruction for SRSD. There are also downloadable resources. I particularly like the flashcards you can use with students. This website has a wealth of information on SRSD, so check it out!
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has an excellent website the explains the SRSD model. There are also PDF's of lesson plans and other resources that can be put to good use when implementing SRSD in your classroom. There are great fact sheets to download that give you a quick reference for many of the strategies discussed on this page.
Professional Development Resources on SRSD
View the following video from the National Writing Projects website. In this video Dr. Steve Graham discusses many aspects of the writing process, SRSD, and other strategies about writing.
What do you take away after watching video? List three talking points you would like to discuss further with your staff and/or colleagues.
Is there a skill you want to try with your class or students?
How does Dr. Graham's ideas fit into the curriculum you are using in your classroom?
The following link to the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon, provides valuable power points, audio presentations, and downloadable handouts. View the different authors and pick one video to watch. Then create a glogster.com poster about the key points the author was trying to convey. The poster should include:
Presenter/Presentation Topic/Date
Three main ideas the presenter was trying to convey.
How do these ideas fit into your present classroom curriculum? Your framework of writing instruction?
Give an example of student text that could benefit from these strategies. (Can by re-typed or scanned).
Create one visual of a strategy you would have students use.
Daily Affirmations with Voice Thread
The SRSD model integrates Cognitive Behavioral Modification (See link for research on the rationale for CBM) to help change the perceptions of how students view themselves as writers.
With a little help from Stuart Smalley (I might be dating myself here...), use Voice Thread to record your student's thinking about how they view themselves as writers.
View my Voice Thread below to see an example of how I envision this activity.
(INSERT VOICE THREAD HERE)
SRSD Mnemonics
Create your own info graphic!
As discussed in Harris, Graham, and Mason (2011), there are several mnemonics that can be used develop planning and organizational skills. The above five mnemonics are just a sampling of different types of strategies available. Through developing these mnemonics, students will internalize self-regulation strategies to enhance their confidence as writers. A student can say "I know how to use POW when I start writing" or "When I revise I have to use SCAN". I particularly like the POW mnemonic! I think it is the foundational strategy that helps students establish the importance of writing.
Task: Have your students create their own visual representation of the POW, POW+TREE, PLAN, SCAN and WRITE mnemonics.
The following link will take you to Drs. Harris and Graham's vision of POW and POW+WWW: http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/casl/powwww.html
Have your students explore the following websites below. Let them pick one to create a visual representation of whichever mnemonic they are working on developing further.
Prepare to POWer Up! Just a fun way of introducing SRSD to your students.
(Special thanks to Dr. Karen R. Harris for suggesting this idea based on the work of a collaborative teacher how used Power Rangers theme in her classroom.)
The following link will take you directly to the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University. The link includes an series of informative videos of how to integrate SRSD into your classroom instruction. Special thanks to Dr. Karen R. Harris for providing me with the link and information for this site as well as the following other websites below!
The following link will send you to the Project Write website at Vanderbilt University. The Project Write website has scripted lessons for either one-on-one, small group, or whole group instruction for SRSD. There are also downloadable resources. I particularly like the flashcards you can use with students. This website has a wealth of information on SRSD, so check it out!
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has an excellent website the explains the SRSD model. There are also PDF's of lesson plans and other resources that can be put to good use when implementing SRSD in your classroom. There are great fact sheets to download that give you a quick reference for many of the strategies discussed on this page.
Professional Development Resources on SRSD
View the following video from the National Writing Projects website. In this video Dr. Steve Graham discusses many aspects of the writing process, SRSD, and other strategies about writing.
The following link to the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon, provides valuable power points, audio presentations, and downloadable handouts. View the different authors and pick one video to watch. Then create a glogster.com poster about the key points the author was trying to convey. The poster should include: